Peter Debruge Chief Film CriticI’m writing this review from my summer vacation. Loath as I am to invoke the first person, this admission is relevant for two reasons.
Like Eva (Itsaso Arana), the main character of Jonás Trueba’s patient, zephyr-like “The August Virgin,” I’ve chosen to stay home during this stifling late-summer heatwave, a decision that can breed ennui the way stagnant water spawns mosquitoes.
More importantly, this is the first time in more than two decades that I’ve taken a week off in August, which just goes to show how different the American idea of summer is from that practiced abroad.All over Europe — but especially in densely populated places like Paris, London and Madrid — bustling cities practically shut down at the.
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